Tuesday
Covid absences double in a week as 169K pupils isolate
Fourfold rise in pupils self-isolating after potential Covid contact in school – up to 127,000 – after one week back
Call to use academy ‘revolving doors’ to end exclusions
The new children’s commissioner, a former headteacher, says that exclusions keep school leaders ‘awake at night’
1 in 10 secondary students not in school last week
Some 89 per cent of state secondary school students were in attendance on Thursday, new DfE data shows
Many heads fear the push to close gap is unsustainable
Nine in 10 heads believe Covid is having an impact on efforts to close the poverty-related attainment gap, poll shows
John Hattie: We need to get better at learning transfer
Speaking at the World Education Summit, top academic emphasises the importance of applying learning across domains
‘It’s so incredible to see the pupils again’
To hear jostling in corridors and the scratch of pencils is like listening to a favourite old song, says Alan Gillespie
DfE treats teachers as ‘problem not ally’ says Labour
Schools have faced ‘catalogue of government failings’ during Covid crisis, shadow education secretary will say today
Progress on closing the attainment gap ‘limited’
New report finds improvement ‘varies significantly’ across councils, with ‘evidence of worsening performance’ in some authorities
Monday
Warning of ‘dominant’ academy bosses going unchallenged
New report urges multi-academy trusts to ‘open up’ to external scrutiny
Williamson behaviour boost claim ‘flimsy’, say teachers
Education secretary says pupils’ behaviour has improved during Covid – but thousands of teachers disagree
Exclusive: Schools warned of ‘increasing’ cyber attacks
It is ‘vital’ that heads ‘urgently review’ their defences and take steps to protect their schools from threats, DfE says
76% of teachers think they should get vaccine priority
Poll follows earlier finding that the majority of the UK public thought teachers should be prioritised for vaccination
